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tóng

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tóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóng | tong2
English translation
(used in given names)
variant of tóng [tóng]
see 衚衕
>胡同 hútòng [hú tòng]
same, similar; together with, alike

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About tóng

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

tóng

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

Sharing a common  fán  tongue  kǒu

Etymology of tóng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

凡口

Explanation

Pictograph of a bucket or tube, now written as tǒng . kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

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Example sentences using tóng

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利尔 jiù 这样 zhè yàng yòu 谨慎 jǐnshèn yòu 活跃 huóyuè de tóng 那个 nà ge 饭摊 pāo shǎng le .

Collier and I infested the grub tent with care and activity.

现在 xiànzài shuì 局长 jú zhǎng diū le ,改做公债 gōng zhài , 自然 zìrán 主张 zhǔzhāng yòu 不同 bù tóng le .

Now that I'm a stock - jobber, naturally my likes and dislikes have changed.

还有 hái yǒu 食物 shíwù 不同 bù tóng ! 听说 tīng shuō 川菜 Chuān cài hěn .

B : And the food! I hear the cuisine is quite hot.

可以 kěyǐ 计算 jìsuàn zài 不同 bù tóng 条件 tiáojiàn xià de yún 增长率 zēng zhǎng lǜ .

The rate of droplet growth under different conditions can be evaluated.

随同 suí tóng 申请 shēnqǐng Zhāng 正面 zhèng miàn 近照 jìn zhào .

Send a recent facial photograph of yourself with your application.

Words with tóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
同时 tóngshí at the same time同時
tóng like tóng
不同 bù tóng different不同 bù tóng
同意 tóngyì to agree同意 tóngyì
同样 tóng yàng same同樣
同志 tóngzhì comrade同志 tóngzhì
共同 gòngtóng common共同 gòngtóng
同性恋 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality同性戀
合同 hétong (business) contract合同 hétong
同学 tóngxué classmate同學
相同 xiāngtóng same相同 xiāngtóng
同事 tóngshì colleague同事 tóngshì
同一 tóng yī identical同一 tóng yī
同情 tóngqíng sympathy同情 tóngqíng
如同 rú tóng like如同 rú tóng
同期 tóng qī concurrent同期 tóng qī
与此同时 yǔ cǐ tóng shí at the same time與此同時
与众不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng to stand out from the masses (idiom)與眾不同
同伴 tóng bàn companion同伴 tóng bàn
赞同 zàn tóng to approve of讚同
一同 yī tóng along一同 yī tóng
认同 rèn tóng to approve of認同
同步 tóng bù synchronous同步 tóng bù
同胞 tóngbāo sibling同胞 tóngbāo
同伙 tóng huǒ colleague同伙 tóng huǒ

tóng Decomposition & Compounds

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tóng Decomposition

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tóng Compounds

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  • tóng
    • dòng
    • xìn
    • xìng
      • xìng
    • xìn
    • tǒng , tóng , tóng , tóng , dòng , dòng , dòng , dòng , , dòng , dòng , tóng , cuàn , tōng , tóng , tóng , tóng , , , , , , , , , , , , , tóng , ,
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